We're really having a problem right now in our culture. I haven't seen one movie lately in which the story and visuals have been equally good.

One of the reasons I love to jump back and forth between mediums is that film does allow me to be more literal. I can go to the real place. I can go to the Coliseum, and I don't have to fake it.

Because my parents had given me tremendous respect, trust, and freedom as a child, I knew how to take responsibility for myself. If you're constantly being told "No, don't do that" or "We don't trust you," you can't develop that responsibility.

You program music with an image and then people are desensitized.

I have directed good actors and have gone through the process which is more detailed in theater in a way. You have to get people to stay for two or three hours in a performance. They need more talk and rehearsal than in films.

Theater is far superior to film in poetry, in abstract poetry.

I'm a firm believer in the idea that theater excels over film and TV in its ability to let people play with poetry.